Marshmallows: they’re usually a treat to be enjoyed with a steaming cup of hot cocoa, between crunchy graham crackers and ample slabs of almost-melted chocolate, or roasted over an open campfire. But traditional marshmallows contain gelatin, an animal-derived substance that had...

I’ve always considered subway fatalities to be one of the most demeaning ways of leaving this mortal coil. Sure, you could argue that automobile accidents are just as feckless– but I beg to differ. Your average crosswalk won’t have people lined up, patiently...

Recently, this abominable photo made the rounds on the ‘nets, and the collective cracking of neck muscles could be heard around the world as people shook their heads in mock repulsion. I mean, just look at it. It’s strange how a singular image can arouse so many distinct...

One of my greatest regrets (not that I have many) about turning vegan was that I wasn’t able to indulge in any of the many delectably diabetes-inducing, freakish concoctions that the Hostess baking company produced by the millions every day. But now I guess I don’t...

It’s been a great year to be a member of a Korean boy/girl band. Because “Gangnam Style,” the viral, extremely catchy and extremely cochlea-aching single by South Korean singer PSY has been dominating the airwaves since this past summer, K-pop singers have the...

It can be pretty tiresome to be Gwen Stefani— people are always wanting your autograph, wondering if your baby daddy had a celebrity love child and having someone mistake a chick half your age for you. Though nothing can compare to the annoyance that results from people...

It’s been something that has been ingrained into the fabric of every women’s mind since the mutton-leg chomping, petticoat wearing, rusty knight-jousting days of yore: the high heel. First invented during what most scientists will agree on as the age of the...

When I first started seeing the new-fangled “organic” classification reserved only for that higher echelon of foodstuffs, I had to admit, I was suckered in completely. It wasn’t that my so-called “normal” food wasn’t good enough for me...

A few days ago, I was making the rounds at the shoe store when I came across an especially fetching pair of seasonally appropriate, visually interesting, coral peep-toe Miu Miu heels… the type of shoe that would make any sartorially-minded female swoon with jealousy....

It’s been the not-so-dirty secret weapon of glossies and a celebrity’s best friend for years, that tricky little portmanteau: photoshop. Possessing the ability to instantly take years off an otherwise geriatric Madonna, sweep away a weeks worth of Lohan’s...